Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-05-20
LEWISTON NOTES.

am still in the metropolis enjoying
the hospitality of friends and having q
good time, but will probably return
after awhile and buckle down to hard
work.
Tom Stockley was here last week
He is running butcher shop at Moscow
and doing we'll.
Maj. B. Binnard is here and looks all
the better for his recent severe illness.
He will visit the prairie this summer.
DR.. Moxley's new brick drug store
adds to the architectural appearance Of
Main street and is arranged as prettily
as a picture inside.
G. c. Bunnell of the pioneer hard
ware store, has just received two car
loads of two and four peint steel point
barb wire which he sells at 81 cents per
ID.
The Idaho coonty jockey club have
sent down for plan of the junction
race track, with the intention of dupii-
eating it on their ground adjoining
Grangeville.
District court meets here the first
Wednesday in June with 80 civil and l
criminal case. Owing to lack of funds
no U. s. will be Transacted.
J. Alexander is the purveyor to the
Union Pacific surveying parties and he
outfitted them all in fine shape. Joe is
about as white as they make 'em and is
doing splendid business.
The Knights of Pythias lodge was in
stituted Wednesday night with "a char
ter members after session which lasted
till 8 o'clock Thursday morning. The
visiting knights were Hospitality enter
tanned with fine supper.
Real estate here is held at fabulous
figures, the rate being based at about
70 per cent for the value of the land,
and the other 75 per cent, for the value
of the "climate." These prices are al
together out of proportion to the present
or future business prospects of the town.
The handsome, new two story brick
store of Grostein d Binnard is the most
extensive and best arranged in all Idaho
and they carry an immense invoice Of
goods. The firm are called moss-backs
but they generally manage to keep ur
with the procession. Success to them
Messrs. Swauk & Co., of Pomeroy
have bought out Gray's harness shoI
here, and have $1,000 worth of new
stock on the way. The Lewiston store
is In charge of Jas. H. Robinson, anC
the big ad printed elsewhere shows that
he appreciates the Camas prairie coun.
tIy and solicits its trade.
The Union Pacific have a party sur.
veying down Snake river from Lewiston
continuing the survey of Snake river
made by Gen. Clarke some four year,
ago. The stakes are laid down FRS
street and crosses Clearwater at tha
point and continues down on the NORTH
bank of the Snake to Ainsworth.
Two more U. p. surveyors arrived
here on the last boat, and proceeded tt
the prairie next morning. l am more
than ever convinced that by this time
next year the railroad era for which oul
people have so long prayed will bt
attained, and the iron girdle with which
civilization fringes its garments will bt
extended to our great and glorious Cam
as prairie. Speed the day.
The extension of the survey dowr
Rocky canyon indicates strong proba
bility that Camas prairie will soon b,
connected with southern Idaho ria tn,
Little Salmon route. The annexation
crew here don't want to see it. because
would demonstrate the exaggeration
they have been guilty of in claimin,
that an "impassable barrier" existed be
tween north and south Idaho. The,
prevented the government once iron
building wagon road over the sam
route because it would upset their plan
but the laws OF nature will re-asser
themselves in spite of all efforts to tn
contrary.
All hands here are expecting fre
bath when the snow water from tn
Bitter Root range begins to come down
Some of the old sinners ought to ancho
themselves in mid stream with keg c
nails fixed to their shirt tails, so tha
the scales of sin which cover them coul
cover them could be soaked off, but th
treatment would be "tuf" on the fis
down strem.
l am subjected by residents here
numerous inquiries about the extent an
| resources of Camas prairie, and it
surprising to find how little the ole
/ tuners know of the tributary count,
probahlv Wheu tho IaiIrood ia hui